Rev. John Peter Battema1,2,3

ID# 12162, (1888 - 1963)
  • Father: Peter A. Battema1,4,2 b. 13 Nov 1859, d. 7 Mar 1921
  • Mother: Katherine Boersema1,4,2 b. 11 Oct 1863, d. 22 Feb 1927
  • Born: 17 Nov 1888 in Muskegon, Michigan.1,5,3
  • Married First: Regina Schoonbeck 25 Aug 1918 in Holland, Michigan.2,6,7
  • Married: Jane Meyer bef 1935.8,9
  • Married Third: Evelyn Osgood Fenker in Aug 1960 in Franklin Co., Ohio.10,11,12
  • Died: 9 Oct 1963 in Bexley, Franklin Co., Ohio.13,14
  • Buried: 14 Oct 1963 in Inglewood, California.14
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Regina Schoonbeck:

  • John Peter Battema Jr.6,7,15 b. 21 May 1919, d. 8 Dec 2010
  • Theodore Rex Battema7 b. 9 Nov 1925, d. 7 Jul 2011

Citations

  1. Michigan. Muskegon Co.. 1900 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication T623-734. Washington: National Archives.
  2. Marriage Register, State Copy. Michigan. Michigan Department of Community Health. 201 Townsend St., Lansing, Michigan.
  3. John Peter Battema, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509.
  4. Michigan. Muskegon Co.. 1910 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication T624-667. Washington: National Archives.
  5. Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, Passport Application, John Peter Battema, no. 221 (10 Jun 1915).
  6. Michigan. Ottawa Co.. 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication T625-792. Washington: National Archives.
  7. Michigan. Kent Co.. 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication T626-1005. Washington: National Archives.
  8. Polk's Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County, Mich.) City Directory. Detroit, Michigan: R. L. Polk & Co.
  9. Michigan. Kalamazoo Co.. 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication M627-1773. Washington: National Archives.
  10. "Marriage Licenses." Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio, 23 Aug 1960.
  11. Donald W Fogg. Family file "Fenker_Al.FTW," 1 Mar 2000, by disk.
  12. Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio, online burial records.
  13. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944." Online Ancestry.com.
  14. Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio, 10 Oct 1963.
  15. Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 26 Dec 2010. online (https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/kalamazoo/name/…).